Rein-holder



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W. F. HOOD.

REIN HOLDER.

No. 327,879. Patented Oct. 6, 1885 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIS F. HOOD, OF DEERFIELD, MICHIGAN.

RElN-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 327,879, dated October 6, 1885 Application filed June 2'7, 1885. Serial No. 170,019.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIS F. H001), of

Deerfield, county of Lenawee, State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Rein-Holders; and I declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention is designed to provide an improved rein-holder, as more fully hereinafter described, and more fully pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a device embodying my invention, in which said holder is shown attached to a whip-socket. Fig. 2 isasimilar view, wherein the holder is attached to a dash-board. Fig. 3 is ahorizontal section across Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a vertical section.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved rein-holder adapted for attachment to various parts of a vehicleas, for instance, to a dash-board, either of wood or of leather, or to the whip-socket itself, or other part of a vehicle-said parts forming no special feature of my invention.

A may represent a dash-board, B a whipsocket of any construction, secured thereto.

0 represents the bed-plate of my holder, preferably made of cast metal, which I prefer to concave, adapting it for attachment upon a whip-socket, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, while at the same time it may be attached to a dash-board, as shown in Fig. 2. I also groove this bed-plate at or near its ends, as shown at 00, whereby it is adapted to receive clasps b b, when it is desired to clasp it upon a whip-socket. These clasps may be secured and tightened in place by means of screws 1) If, as shown in Fig. 3. The bedplate is also provided at the same points with screw-holes 0', whereby it may be attached by means of screws D D-as, for instance, upon a dash-board. This construction of the bed-piece thus providing for its attachment in either way, as may be desired, either by clasps or by screws, the grooves receiving the clasps, so that they will be flush with the surface of the bed-plate.

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E is a latch having a pivotal point at the lower end of said bed-plate, as shown at e, the latch being constructed with a boss, and the bed-plate with a socket to receive the same, as shown more particularly in Fig. 4.

The latch is also engaged with a spring, F, in any suitable manner-as, for instance, the latch may be provided with a shoulder, e, constructed to engage the loop a, inclosing the spring between it and said shoulder.

The bed-plate is constructed with an orifice, 0, adapted to receive said spring, the ends of the spring being extended under the edges adjacent to said orifice. This construction and arrangement of parts permits the latch to yield, so as to open and close at its upper end to receive and hold the reins, the pivotal point being at the lower end, as already described.

It is evident that by casting the bed-plate with the grooves c c and screw-holes c and by concaving the inner face of said plate, it may be attached in any desired location, either to the body or dash-board of the vehicle or upon the whip-socket, while at the same time it affords a very eficient rein-holder.

What I claim is- 1. A rein-holder consisting of a support ing-plate concaved upon one side and having grooves upon the other to receive the attaching-loops, and a latch having a boss at its lower end which rests against the supportingplate and toward which it is drawn by a spring secured to the latch between its ends, and engaging with a recess 0r recesses in the plate, substantially as described.

2. In a rein-holder, the combination, with a supporting-plate having a concave face and provided with transverse grooves upon its opposite face, of a latch having a boss at its lower end which rests against said plate, and a spring secured to the latch between its ends, said spring lying in a recess in the plate and having its ends engaging with the latter, said plate being provided with screw-holes, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification in the presence of two witnesses.

XVILLIS F. HOOD.

Witnesses:

A. H001), L. ORMSBY. 

